file transfer rate with SCP

currently, i am able to scp the files from server A (newyork) to serverB(las vegas) at the rate of 500 kbps. i want to increase the speed of transfer rate. is there anything that i can do from my end i.e on server A and server B?

What Type of connection do you have on Side A? What type of connection you have on Site B? The lower one is what you get between Site A and site B in optimal conditions. If there are other resources using the network/internet, the amount of bandwith available to each server is reduced.

Depending on what the file is compression will reduce the amount of data that needs to be transferred.

Compress a file and see whether the transfer takes as long as transferring the uncompressed file. Do not look at the average transfer rate for improvement.
I.e. a 500K uncompressed file that is lets say 350k compressed file the transfer rate between the two might remain at 500kbps, but the amount of time to transfer will be reduced.

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